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"At the height of World War I, as Allied and German forces battled in the trenches and in the air, any captured Allied soldiers and pilots were sent to a web of German prisons. The most dangerous POWs, the ones most talented at escaping, were sent to the camp of Holzminden--better known as "Hellminden." A land-locked Alcatraz of sorts, its rules enforced with cruel precision, the prison was the pride of a ruthless commandant named Karl Niemeyer. This...
82) Caged
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1 videodisc (approximately 81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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In the psychological horror/thriller Caged, Harlow Reid, an affluent African American psychiatrist, is sent to federal prison after being found guilty of murdering his wife. He is then sent to solitary confinement, a victim of systemic racism. Isolated and fighting for an appeal, he slowly descends into madness, pushed to his breaking point by an abusive female guard hell-bent on her own form of justice. Haunted by internal demons and his dead wife,...
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"Wolf, a low-rent private detective, roams London's gloomy, grimy streets, haunted by dark visions of a future that could have been--and a dangerous present populated by British Fascists and Nazis escaping Germany. Shomer, a pulp fiction writer, lies in a concentration camp, imagining another world. And when Wolf and Shomer's stories converge, we find ourselves drawn into a novel both shocking and profoundly haunting."--
84) One-eyed Jacks
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Criterion collection volume 844
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2 videodiscs (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert.
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Rio, a bank robber, is bent on revenge against his one-time partner in crime.
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xx, 660, 24 pages ; 21 cm
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"In this masterpiece, Solzhenitsyn has orchestrated thousands of incidents and individual histories into one narrative of unflagging power and momentum. Written in a tone that encompasses Olympian wrath, bitter calm, savage irony, and sheer comedy, it combines history, autobiography, documentary, and political analysis as it examines in its totality the Soviet apparatus of repression from its inception following the October Revolution of 1917. This...
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1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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You're more likely to go to prison in the USA than any other country in the world. THE SURVIVORS GUIDE TO PRISON explores the current state of the US prison system, focusing on the experiences of two wrongly convicted men, Reggie Cole and Bruce Lisker. Featuring gripping commentary from former and current inmates, officials, attorneys and celebrity activists including Danny Glover, Macklemore, Deepak Chopra, RZA, Busta Rhymes, Quincy Jones, Tom Morello,...
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304 pages : color map ; 24 cm
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"Berlin. 1963. The height of the Cold War. An early morning spy swap, not at the familiar setting for such exchanges, or at Checkpoint Charlie, where international visitors cross into the East, but at a more discreet border crossing, usually reserved for East German VIPs. The Communists are trading two American students caught helping people to escape over the wall and a lower level CIA operative. On the other side of the trade: Martin Keller, a physicist...
92) Tower of London
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"Engaging images accompany information about the Tower of London. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
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xiv, 417 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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As the United States prosecuted a bloody campaign to pacify its newly won Philippines territory at the turn of the nineteenth century, a secret mission of mercy went terribly wrong. The result was a prisoner-of-war crisis, the likes of which our nation had never encountered before. The epic struggle for survival that followed was not only a test of the human will to live but a crucible for heroes. And yet, what was touted as a heroic rescue operation...
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You land in prison in your twenties, faced with the likelihood of spending the rest of your life behind the wall. What do you do? Danner Darcleight started writing. He writes about what he sees, what he has done, and the toll that his own past actions have exacted. Concrete Carnival brings us inside a maximum-security prison, introducing a colorful cast of rogues while revealing the day-to-day struggles experienced by millions of Americans now living...
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4 audio discs (approximately 4 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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In 1947, Andy Dufresne, an established banker, is wrongly imprisoned at Shawshank prison in Maine, for the murder of his wife and her secret lover. He has more brains than anyone else in the sinister slammer and has a diabolically cunning plan of revenge that no one can guess until it's far too late.
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3 videodiscs (566 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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"In 1963, all prisoners were transferred from Alcatraz Island Federal Penitentiary. Or so we were told. Now America's worst criminals -- known as the 63s -- are returning to the streets of San Francisco to repeat their grisly crimes. It's up to top-notch detectives Rebecca Madsen and Alcatraz expert Diego 'Doc' Soto to work with FBI agent Emerson Hauser and Dr. Lucy Banerjee to learn why the 63s are back and to uncover a much larger, more sinister...
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294 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"From the co-creators and co-hosts of the Peabody- and Pulitzer-nominated podcast comes this illuminating view of prison life, as told by presently and formerly incarcerated people. The United States locks up more people per capita than any other nation in the world--600,000 each year and 2.3 million in total. The acclaimed podcast Ear Hustle, named after the prison term for eavesdropping, gives voice to that ever-growing prison population. Co-created...
98) Greenfingers
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1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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When British convict Colin is placed in an experimental program to finish his prison sentence, all he wants is peace. But after his wise elderly roommate introduces him to gardening, Colin uncovers a surprising talent and passion for plants.
99) Papillon
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1 videodisc (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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This is the epic story of Henri “Papillon” Charrière (Charlie Hunnam), a safecracker from the Parisian underworld who is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil’s Island. Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega (Oscar-winner Rami Malek), who in exchange for protection, agrees to finance Papillon’s escape. Official Selection...
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